The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-07-13
CHAPTER "a.

the number of citizens entitled to vote
for Representative within the State.
| WHEREAS, Experience has pointed out
the necessity of amending the Constitution
and the cxpediency Of calling convention
| for that purpose therefore,
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly of
| the Commonwealth of Kentucky
|. That at the next general election for
| Representatives to the General Assembly, il
shall be the duty of the several sherifs and
other officers of election To open poll for
and make Il return TO the Secretary of State
! for the time being, of the names of all cit.
zcns entitled to vote for Representatives who
have voted at the said election tor calling
u convention for the purpose of rc.adopt-
| ing amending or changing the Constitu.
| ton.
70. That any sheriff or other return
ing officer failing to perform the duty i'm.
posed by first section of this act shall he
subject to n fine of six hundred dollars
| 5000, to DC recovered by Indictment of
| the grand jury in any court having juriSdic.
| ton thereof and shall, upon conviction of
| such failure, be removed from office by
the court in which such conviction is had.
| Z ,. That for the purpose of asccrtaining
| the number of citizens entitled to vote for
| Representatives within this State in the
| year 1887, there shall be furnished, aS
| hereinafter provided, to the sheriiiS and
other officers of the election in August,
| 1857, a registration book, in which the
! officers of the election shall record the
names of all citizens entitled to vote for
| Representatives within this State at the said
election. The officers Of the election shall
| be cX oiticio officers of registration, and
| shall have said registration book open for
the record of said namN between the
hours of o'clock II. m. and o'clock p.
m. on the day of the August, 1887, election
~ all the voting places in this Common
wealth. And it shall be the duty of all
citizens of this Commonwealth who are
entitled to vote for Representatives, on the
! day Of the next general election in August
| 1857, to 90 before the SherES and other re-.
| turning officers of said election in the vOt-
| ing precinct in which they are scverally en-
| titled to vote, and cause themselves to be
registered on the poll-book as qualified
voters of this Commonwealth, and names
| OF any and all citizens living in the district
known to said officers to be entitled to vote
tor Representatives, or made known 10 them
by evidence on thar day, shall be registered
as not voting. And in the year 1887, no
other officer shall be authorized to make
any list or return of the qualified voters of
this Commonwealth, nor shall any return
thereof except the registration books and
certificates provided fOrby this act be made,
aud all laws requiring list or returns of such
qualified voters are hereby repealed, so far
aS the year 1887 is embraced therein. The
total number of votes so registered shall be
the true number of citizens entitled to vote
for Representatives within this State. tor
the purpose of ascertiani"g. This State
majority of alt. Representative vote for
cnntTGa 'GGnvention for the. purpose OF :
amending or changing the
Constitution.
nj ! I'D, Ion, hnn
ruled and headed, so that
they NAV. and il is hereby enacted that the
same shall. be the poll-books for recording
the votes for and against the calling of me
convention, and Tor aScer-
Timing the number of citizens entitled 10
vote for Representative within the state:
II shall be the duty of the said ofhcers OF
election to PROFOUND to every No'er 'n'
question: "Do YOU vote for calling con
Stitutional convention or mott" II such
wafer shall answer in the affirmative, ms
name shall be recorded as voting Tor Said
convention if such voter shall answer III
the negative. his name shall be recorded as
voting against said convention, ana II Such
voter makes no answer, his name shall be
recorded or registered as NOT N1'ihS upon
snid question. And il shall he the duty of
the officers holding the election at each
voting place in the State Ia certlfy me
totm number of voters registered, and the
uu,ubcr voting for calling the constltu-
tional convention, and Ia make OUT
duulicatc certificate showing SAID Facts. Inc
registration book shall be by them IInlnc-
diaIcly sent, at the expense OF uhe '"''',
nnnwcplth, hv mail, To the Secretary of
! state nj Frankfort, Kentucky, and the d'i-
| pIicatr certificate attached to the poil-book
! ior the election of State officers, and return
! Herewith as now directed by law.
, :. The Secretary of State in Office az
the. converting of the General Assembly
next after the election in August lSHr
shall, Immediately upon the organization
nf the same transmit to each House
statement prepared by him from the SAID
redistribution and pollbooks, showing how
many VOTES were at the said election cast
In favor of said convention, and the total
numh.r of voters registered, whether vot'
inc for or against or not nj all. The report
shall he made up by counties. lie shiii
retain the registration books Tor the use ~,
examination aud inspection OF the next
General Assembly.
40 II shall he the duty of the officers
whose duty il is by the law to compare ana
certify the votes for state oficcrs Ia MAKE
, ant from the certificates returned with The
state election poll.hooks N above pro-
yidcd, aud NJ the time they ccriiiy inc
votes for State officers, a eertihcaie U!
vnting places, showing the total number
of vot,s registered aud the number voting
, far enlling a constitutional convention, ahd
"a send the certificate 10 the Secretary al
, state aud ii the registration book pro
= yiIcd for above shall, n 10 any vopnE
Mace, be- lost, destroyed ar not returned
! then The secretary of state, In making th'
: r"port 10 the General Assembly, shall us'
!, III. information la the c'r,'hrar as W a',II
= sm,h district ar precinct, aud he shall
y ,.,,,,.y,,. use the Certificate To- show tia
J. H.. has ar has no, the registration book :"
u .a,h yoiing place In saeh county nane'
. la ..ld A., ftinsaise